Does the Second Miss Love the Young Master to Death?

Carlotta jumped up and raised her hand to slap Zani on the forehead, but because she couldn't reach it, she hit her knee instead.

Zani cried out in pain, bending over and clutching her knee. "Second Miss, why did you hit me?!"

"Kill you my foot!" Carlotta pulled her hand back and flicked her wrist. "He's my brother."

Zani rubbed her knees and straightened up, her expression serious. "But Second Miss, aren't you always a ruthless and impartial purger? Even Coppola— "

"Um?"

Carlotta's voice was flat, but when that word came out of her nasal cavity, Zani felt the temperature in the office drop by half a degree.

She shut her mouth in time, swallowing the rest of her sentence.

Carlotta looked at her for two seconds, then turned around, walked to the window, and turned her back to her.

"Now I'm giving you a task." Her voice regained its usual crispness. "Go to Everard Vault and destroy all the security cameras there. Remember, don't get caught."

Zani paused for a moment, then her mind raced and she understood everything.

"Second Miss, are you trying to protect the young master?"

Carlotta didn't turn around.

Zani's voice deepened, and she abandoned her usual carefree demeanor, which she had been influenced by Kexi: "Do you remember what the first oath everyone had to take when joining the family was?"

Carlotta's shoulders tensed slightly.

Zani saw it and continued talking.

"No one may harm the overall interests of the family; those who disobey will be punished."

Zani recited it word for word, as if she were reading a document she already knew by heart.

Carlotta turned around abruptly.

Her voice suddenly became sharp, with a rare, almost uncontrollable fluctuation in its intensity.

"So you want me to send him away too!?"

"Like Coppola?"

Seeing her like this, Zani fell silent.

Carlotta took a deep breath and lowered her voice. "Zani, tell me, why am I sitting in this position? Is it to watch my family members be sent away one by one, or to protect them in a critical moment?"

"Second Miss..."

Zani looked at her, and after several seconds, she spoke, her tone tinged with helplessness. "Second Miss, aren't you loving the young master too much?"

"Yes," Carlotta said through gritted teeth, each word sounding like it was being ground out from her back teeth, "I love him so much, I love him to death."

Outside the door.

Luna was about to invite Carlotta to the morning meeting.

She was rescued this morning by people who used to feed the chickens.

She smelled so strongly of herself that she was practically pickled, and despite having showered more than a dozen times, she still felt filthy.

The news had already spread throughout Montelli, and she was so ashamed that she could hardly face anyone. If it weren't for Lucia keeping her in check, someone might have already been laughing at her to her face.

She walked absentmindedly to the office door, and just as she was about to knock, she heard what was being said inside.

"Second Miss, aren't you loving the young master too much?"

"Yes, I love him so much, I love him to death."

Luna stopped moving, and her soul returned instantly.

She tilted her head, her eyes slowly brightening as if she had heard some earth-shattering gossip. Her spirits, which had been broken by Phrolova, were lifted again, and she pulled out her terminal and began typing furiously.

"Jietawi, spread the word: the second young lady is head over heels in love with the young master."

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Zani remained silent for a long time.

"Second Miss... I understand."

Zani didn't say anything more, turned around and walked towards the door.

She left.

The door closed behind him.

Carlotta leaned back and slumped into the chair.

She raised her hand to rub her temples, stared at the ceiling for a long time, and then started cursing.

"Kexi, you idiot, you damned idiot! Did I owe you something in my past life?!"

The artifacts in those Echo weren't entirely from the Montelli.

Half of them were entrusted to Montelli for safekeeping by other people, including private collections of local nobles and sample goods from out-of-town merchants.

Kexi was wiped out in one fell swoop. He absorbed all the energy he wanted, but Montelli will have to pay a huge amount of compensation, enough to Montelli suffer a lot.

If her great-uncles and great-aunts found out, that old man Luca would be the first to jump up and slam his fist on the table.

She definitely won't be able to protect Kexi then.

Perhaps only if my grandfather intervenes can those old folks give me some face.

Carlotta sat up straight, took the terminal, and deleted the surveillance footage piece by piece, leaving nothing behind.

Only when Zani smashes the equipment, eliminating the recordings and evidence, can she feel at ease.

Then we'll say it's because the Fractsidus dried up its Scar.

Thankfully, this idiot didn't show his true colors.

Just then, the door was pushed open.

Luna poked half her head in.

"Second Miss, everyone has arrived and is waiting for you to attend the morning meeting."

Carlotta glanced at her.

Luna's expression was very obedient, but the excitement of "I've heard some amazing gossip" hadn't completely faded from her eyes.

Carlotta frowned, too lazy to ask any more questions, stood up from her chair, and straightened her skirt.

Let's go.

Montelli Manor.

The front courtyard was packed with people—maids, gardeners, cooks, bodyguards, and so on—stood in four or five rows, heads held high, like a military parade.

They were all full of energy, waiting for Carlotta to give them a pep talk.

Carlotta emerged from the side door, her high heels clicking crisply on the floor.

She walked to the front of the crowd and stopped, instead of walking onto the newly built platform next to her.

In the past, she would stand on the platform during morning meetings so that she could overlook the entire room and project an air of authority.

She's too lazy to climb today because she's very angry.

I was already annoyed, and Kexi's antics only made it worse.

She stood on flat ground, arms crossed, her gaze sweeping from the first row to the last and back again.

Despite being angry, the proper Montelli culture still needs to be followed through with the formalities.

Good morning, everyone in the Montelli family.

The crowd spoke in unison, their voices loud and clear.

"Good! Very good! Excellent! It would be even better to see the Second Miss!"

"What a load of bull."

"I don't feel good at all seeing you all."

The entire room fell silent for a second.

"Yesterday, right here in this manor, right under your noses, someone sneaked in."

Carlotta's voice wasn't loud, but it was extremely penetrating, and everyone in the last row could hear it clearly.

"Someone planted a bomb right under your noses in the auditorium, and it blew the entire auditorium to smithereens."

"Are you all just sitting around doing nothing?! Not a single one of you noticed! Montelli has wasted his time raising you!"

The room fell silent, and everyone lowered their heads in shame.

Seeing that they remained silent, Carlotta became even angrier and continued her tirade, "I know what some of you are thinking."

"Think about it, the second young lady was in such a bad mood today. At most, she'd yell at everyone and have her salary docked as a token gesture, and that would be it. Let me tell you, this time is different!"

"The severity of this incident is unprecedented. I'm furious, and I even want you all to pack your bags and get out!"

Carlotta fired off a barrage of criticism. As she said, although she was very angry, she would at most deduct their wages as a token gesture; she couldn't really fire them, after all, the manor still needed them to operate.

Now, Jietawi and Luna have started to daydream.

"Luna, the second young lady is so fierce." Jietawi spoke first, nudging Luna's shoulder with her elbow.

"If the Second Miss wasn't fierce, she wouldn't be the Second Miss."

Have you ever wondered about something?

"What's up?"

"Why does the second young lady never look up at people when she speaks? Can she even see us?"

"Well... I heard the young master mention it; that's what he said at the time."

Luna mimicked Kexi's tone, crossed her arms, and scoffed, "Have you ever seen Yordles you have to look up to?"

Jietawi scratched her head, puzzled, and asked, "Yordles? What are those? Are there people from that place in Solaris?"

Luna shook her head.

"I don't know, young master said it was a group of people no more than a meter tall."

"Oh, wow, there are people this short."

"So what you just said was true?"

"What?"

"It's because the second young lady is head over heels in love with the young master."

"Of course! I risked my life to eavesdrop on this. It's true."